Joyce Dolberg Rowe, LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Counselor

'Men are from Mars & Women are from Venus' is a fantastic metaphor that will help you to understand yourself and your partner better. Because I am personally trained by Dr. John Gray and have helped thousands of couples improve communication and relationships, I feel confidant that I can help you have best relationship imaginable; Respecting and loving as you did in the first six months of your time together.

Carol Garfinkle, Psy.D.

Clinical Psychologist

Learn to have the conversations you need to have to feel understood, valued, and supported. Learn to make repairs so your relationship can heal and grow. Somtimes we have concerns that we will be abandoned or rejected, that we are not good enough or don’t deserve to be loved. Once we feel safe and understood again, we calm down. Couples work with me on issues such as learning effective communication skills so they transform stuck patterns, deepening the fun, romantic and intimate parts of their relationship, overcoming resentment and trust issues (including infidelities), being on the same page with financial decisions, working through parenting challenges, and managing separations.

Naomi Korn, LicSW, BCD

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

I work with pre- marital, unmarried and same sex couples seeking to improve their relationships. I encourage attention to what precipitated their call for help and go from there to identifying their coping patterns and strengths to create a treatment plan that makes sense to them. Homework assignments, role playing, possibly referrals for individual therapy may be part of the treatment recommendation in order to make couple work effective. Enhancement of assertiveness, intimacy and resilience skills are is the goal of treatment.

Marjorie Siegel, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker

When I see a couple, one of the first things that interests me is what are the recurring conflicts. Almost always, these fights are efforts at repairing old injuries that took place long before the couple fell in love. The members of a couple find themselves hurt in ways that echo that early experience and so fight desperately for a different outcome. I teach couples to listen more calmly and express themselves more deeply. In this way, when the inevitable bruise occurs again, it becomes an opportunity to grow closer. The couples I work with describe feeling more loved and loving as a result of their work with me.

Kevin Fleming Ph.D.

Coach/Change Agent/Consultant

What are the most common couples' issues? If you are thinking "communication, conflict, sex, money, child rearing" you are correct. However, most therapists will go after the symptom on each side of the couple fence thinking that the way to effective change is by getting each party to "work" on their respective "issue". Many times the parties don’t agree but comply. Imagine if you could align the unconscious brains of a couple and stop the "working on your issues" part that has become so popular in therapy settings? Contact kevin@kevinflemingphd.com to learn how! Or call 877-606-6161.
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Philip Kolba, MA

Psychotherapist

There are countless models of healthy romantic relationships, from monogamous to polyamorous, and unique variations between partners. The scripts for dating and longterm relationships of our parents’ generations may not be applicable to your relationship, and there is no formal education in how to be a good partner or how to identify unhealthy relationships. But there is psychological research that shows that effective communication, emotional openness, intimacy, and other factors contribute to healthy relationships. Creating these conditions are skills that can be learned.
I practice brief humanistic and emotion-focused therapy (EFT) to help my LGBTQ and hetero clients learn these skills.

Jonathan Goldberg, Ph.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Life Changes Group provides thoughtful marital and couples counseling for clients of all ages using time-tested treatment models. Our clinicians are direct in their approach and offer countless strategies to use both inside and outside of session to strengthen communication and cultivate the health already present within relationships. All of our clinicians are doctoral-level and trained in advanced techniques for marital/couples counseling.

Jacky van Leeuwen, M.Ed., LMHC

Phone Counselor with Email and IM options

Couples can be married or not, of any gender identity, or sexual orientation. We will focus on how needs and wants are communicated and often explore how our families of origin impact the patterns in our current relationships. I primarily use Strength-Based, Emotionally Focused and Attachment Theories to guide my work with couples and will often assign homework.